7.2/1063 votes#1 - The Mechanical Man
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1969
The Earthlings become involved in a scientist's scheme to build an indestructible android.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: William L. Stuart
7.2/1070 votes#2 - Six Hours to Live
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1969
The Earthlings come to the aid of a convicted criminal who has been falsely accused.
Director: N/A
Writer: Daniel B. Ullman
6.4/1066 votes#3 - The Inside Rail
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1969
Fitzhugh tries to use his gambling expertise to pick the winners at a local racetrack, but has to enter into a deal with a giant to do so.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Richard Alan Shapiro
7.3/1065 votes#4 - Deadly Pawn
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1969
The Earthlings must play a game of real-life chess with a demented giant industrialist.
Director: Nathan Juran
Writer: Arthur Weiss
8.2/1068 votes#5 - The Unsuspected
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1969
Steve is turned into a raving paranoid by exposure to mushroom spores, and cuts a deal with Inspector Kobick to betray his crewmates.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Esther Mitchell, Bob Mitchell
7.4/1067 votes#6 - Giants and All That Jazz
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1969
The Earthlings aid a giant trumpet player against crooks.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Richard Alan Shapiro
7.4/1061 votes#7 - Collector's Item
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1969
Valerie is forced to act as a toy ballerina in a giant's scheme to kill his rich uncle.
Director: Sobey Martin
Writer: N/A
7.4/1058 votes#8 - Every Dog Needs a Boy
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1969
When Chipper is injured by a giant dog, Barry and the others must turn to a giant veterinarian and his sadistic son for assistance.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Jerry Thomas
6.8/1058 votes#9 - Chamber of Fear
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1969
Fitzhugh is captured by the owner of a wax museum who is involved in a stolen-diamond racket.
Director: Sobey Martin
Writer: Arthur Weiss
6.9/1069 votes#10 - Comeback
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1969
The Spindrift come to the aid of a has-been horror actor but during his comeback movie they find themselves in danger from his enthusiastic director.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Richard Alan Shapiro
7.5/1074 votes#11 - The Clones
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/30/1969
A giant scientist performs cloning experiments on the Earthlings.
Director: Nathan Juran
Writer: Oliver Crawford
7.1/1063 votes#12 - A Place Called Earth
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/7/1969
Two time travellers from 5477 come to the Land of the Giants to conquer Earth.
Director: Harmon Jones
Writer: William Welch
6.6/1071 votes#13 - Land of the Lost
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/14/1969
Barry and Valerie are carried off in a balloon to a distant land ruled by a malevolent dictator.
Director: Nathan Juran, Sobey Martin
Writer: William Welch
7.5/1064 votes#14 - Home Sweet Home
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/21/1969
Fitzhugh and Steve accidentally return to Earth in a space-time pod but end up in 1900 and must deal with hostile villagers.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: William Welch
6.7/1059 votes#15 - Our Man O'Reilly
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 12/28/1969
The Earthlings become involved with a superstitious Irish Giant who believes they're leprechauns.
Director: Sobey Martin
Writer: Jackson Gillis
7.0/1067 votes#16 - Nightmare
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/4/1970
While working with a helpful Giant scientist, the Earthlings are subjected to radiation which causes strange hallucinations.
Director: Nathan Juran
Writer: William Welch
7.6/1067 votes#17 - Pay the Piper
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/11/1970
An alien piper, claiming to be the Pied Piper of Hamlin, brings his act to the Land of the Giants.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Richard Alan Shapiro
7.5/1061 votes#18 - The Secret City of Limbo
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/18/1970
The Earthlings become involved in the politics of a secret underground city.
Director: Sobey Martin
Writer: Esther Mitchell, Bob Mitchell
7.5/1061 votes#19 - Panic
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 1/25/1970
A friendly Giant has a teleport device that can send the Spindrift crew back to Earth, but the SID use the whole thing as a trap.
Director: Sobey Martin
Writer: Wanda Duncan, Bob Duncan
7.0/1060 votes#20 - The Deadly Dart
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/1/1970
Mark is framed for the murder of two Giants and begins acting suspiciously, turning his crewmates against him.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: William L. Stuart
7.2/1055 votes#21 - Doomsday
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/15/1970
The Earthlings become involved in a sabotage scheme to destroy the nearby city.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Daniel B. Ullman
7.1/1067 votes#22 - A Small War
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/22/1970
A sadistic child unleashes his mechanical toys on the hapless Earthlings.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
7.0/1064 votes#23 - The Marionettes
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 3/1/1970
The Earthlings aid an injured puppeteer by pretending to be his dancing puppets, but the owner soon suspects they are involved and prepares to capture them for the reward.
Director: Sobey Martin
Writer: William Welch
8.4/1089 votes#24 - Wild Journey
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/8/1970
Using a device stolen from time-travelling researchers, Steve and Dan return to the day of the Spindrift's launch and try to alter history and stop the ill-fated flight.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: William Welch
6.6/1071 votes#25 - Graveyard of Fools
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/22/1970
The Earthlings become involved with twin brothers who are plotting to take over the planet.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Land of the Giants Season 2
Every episode of Land of the Giants Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Land of the Giants Season 2!
Set fifteen years in the then-future year 1983, the series tells the tale of the crew and passengers of a sub-orbital transport ship named Spindrift....
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDrama
Network:ABC
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"The Mechanical Man" is the best rated episode of "Land of the Giants" season 2. It scored 7.2/10 based on 63 votes. Directed by Harry Harris and written by William L. Stuart, it aired on 9/21/1969. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Six Hours to Live".